01:06Spain: 1981 coup plotter Tejero arrives at Mingorrubio cemetery to pay respects to Franco
Former Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina, who carried out an assault on the Spanish Congress of Deputies on February 23, 1981, went to the Mingorrubio graveyard on the day former dictator Francisco Franco was buried there.
Footage shows Tejero passing the police cordon while Franco's sympathizers cheer him on. Police can also be seen preventing journalists from asking him questions. At one point, the former Guardia Civil said he was waiting for his son.
The coup plotter's son, Ramon Tejero, was in charge of officiating Franco's reburial ceremony after the government accepted the dictator's family's request.
In 1981 Tejero entered the Congress of Deputies as part of a failed coup attempt, which resulted in a 30-year prison sentence for military rebellion. Thirty other military and Guardia Civil agents also received different convictions.
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Former Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina, who carried out an assault on the Spanish Congress of Deputies on February 23, 1981, went to the Mingorrubio graveyard on the day former dictator Francisco Franco was buried there.
Footage shows Tejero passing the police cordon while Franco's sympathizers cheer him on. Police can also be seen preventing journalists from asking him questions. At one point, the former Guardia Civil said he was waiting for his son.
The coup plotter's son, Ramon Tejero, was in charge of officiating Franco's reburial ceremony after the government accepted the dictator's family's request.
In 1981 Tejero entered the Congress of Deputies as part of a failed coup attempt, which resulted in a 30-year prison sentence for military rebellion. Thirty other military and Guardia Civil agents also received different convictions.